MYRICA ESCULENTA: A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW ON PLANT PROFILE, PHYTOCHEMISTRY, ETHNOBOTANICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL USES
AbstractMedicinal plants usage has been continued since olden times for treatment of illness and various diseases internationally. They contain substances which have therapeutics activities and further study of these substances has led to discovery of new drugs. In present days, the medicinal plants play a significant role in the development of plant-based medicines. Myrica esculenta is a plant which belongs to family myricaceae and is found in foothill tracks of Eastern Himalayas, Meghalaya, Nepal, China and Pakistan. Myrica esculenta are rich in flavonoids, tannins, steroids, terpenes. Various parts of this plant are used in Ayurveda and other folk medicines for the treatment of different ailments and skin diseases and pharmacologically used as anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetic, anthelmintic, antioxidants, antipyretics, and wound healing. Research carried out using different in-vitro and in-vivo techniques of biological evaluation support most of these claims. This review presents the botany, chemistry, traditional uses and pharmacology of this medicinal plant.
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IJPSR
Mayble Mary Lyngkhoi * and Arjina Mondal
Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Sciences and Technology Meghalaya, Ri-Bhoi, Killing Road, Baridua, Meghalaya, India.
mayble0405@gmail.com
31 October 2023
09 January 2024
05 April 2024
10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.15(6).1572-80
01 June 2024
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